The TUNEL assay suggests mandibular regression by programmed cell death during presoldier differentiation in the nasute termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 801-806

  Toga, Kouhei ^a   Yoda, Shinichi ^b   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste; Mandible; Programmed cell death; Soldier differentiation; Termites

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; MALE; NICK END LABELING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ISOPTERA; MALE;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; NASUS; NASUTITERMES TAKASAGOENSIS; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 80055005114     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0825-9     Document Type: Article

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